The latest edition of EAGLE Times, the magazine of the Eagle Society, has just been published, an issue sure to be of interest to fans of artist Frank Bellamy.
Featuring a cover by Carol Tarrant, included are the first parts of articles by Steve Winders on both “The Happy Warrior”, the story of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill (a series that gained approval from the politician himself, and an appropriate inclusion for a month spanning VE Day), and “Montgomery of Alamein”, about the famous wartime General. Both strips were illustrated by Bellamy, and written by Clifford Makins, and Steve offers incisive commentary on script and story for both.
This issue also features articles by David Britton about “Blackbow the Cheyenne”, “Riders of the Range”, and the artist June Mendoza; and Peter Barr’s latest piece on “EAGLE’s Sporting Heroes”.
Plus, there’s not one, but two of Jim Duckett‘s entertaining “In and Out of the EAGLE” pieces, the first offering background on the 1980s “Dan Dare” song from the band Loose Talk, the second looking at two Eagle books inspired by the Scouts and their founder, Baedn-Powell; and the first part of a new “Archie Willoughby” story by Steve Winders.
As the first issue of the year, this is a good time to subscribe for four issues and to join the Society!
• Membership of The Eagle Society is via Annual Subscription to Eagle Times magazine, which is published four times annually. Please make cheques payable to the ‘Eagle Society’. The current subscription rate (unchanged since 2018) is UK £30, Overseas £40 (all payments required in £s Sterling)
Postal applications to: Eagle Society Membership Secretary, Bob Corn, Mayfield Lodge, Llanbadoc, Usk Monmouthshire NP15 1SY | Web: eagle-times.blogspot.com | Enquiries: membership@eagle-society.org.uk
If you wish to pay by Paypal (from your Paypal account to the e-mail address above) – The Society request that you make your payment as a GIFT)
• The EAGLE Society is online at eagle-times.blogspot.com
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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